# Gelendzhik (RU GDZ)

**UN/LOCODE:** RU GDZ  
**Country:** Russia  
**Water Body:** Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Natural)  
**GPS:** 44.5500, 38.0667

On an ice-free bay of the Black Sea, Gelendzhik is far better known as a Krasnodar Krai resort than as a cargo port. Its former small commercial harbour is being demolished to make way for a yacht marina and passenger port — the multi-billion-rouble Gelendzhik Marina cluster. For freight forwarders the practical relevance is minimal: there is no meaningful container, dry-bulk or tanker handling here. Regional cargo moves instead through nearby Novorossiysk, Russia's largest Black Sea port, with Tuapse as a secondary option.

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